Songs of Shakespeare, Illustrated by the Etching Club
Medium
Illustrations: etching
Dimensions
14 15/16 x 11 1/4 x 7/8 in. (37.9 x 28.6 x 2.2 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
Accession Number
69.604.48
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the romantic world of Victorian Britain with *Songs of Shakespeare, Illustrated the Etching Club* (1843), a exquisite collaborative book that pairs William Shakespeare's lyrical songs with original etchings by a stellar group of artists. Published during a surge of Shakespearean enthusiasm in 19th-century England, volume features verses from plays like *The Tempest* and *As You It*, brought to life through delicate illustrations by luminaries such as Samuel Palmer, Richard Redgrave and John Callcott Horsley. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, t...
About the Artist
William Shakespeare|John Callcott Horsley|Charles Stonhouse|Thomas Webster|Thomas Creswick|Henry James Townsend|Richard Redgrave|(John) Frederick Tayler|Charles West Cope|Frank Stone|Richard Ansdell|Samuel Palmer|James Clarke Hook|John Bell|Gad & Keningale|John Prescott Knight (British|British|British|British) · 1840 |1831 |1564 |1564 –1877 |1912 |1616 |1616
British, active 1840–77|British, London 1831–1912 London|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon